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June 28, 2021
Quantifying the World – the METRO conference (22-23 of September 2021)

How do numbers shape the world? Join the METRO conference (22-23rd of September 2021) to explore this question. From the data visualizations of nowcasted epidemiological data in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic to calculation practices of the costs of climate change, conference presentations will engage with the practices, actors, and institutions of quantification to take on these questions.

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UN Statistical Commision
March 30, 2020
The Rise of the Statisticians: The Growing Influence of the United Nations Statistical Commission on the Current Development Agenda

From 3-6 March 2020, METRO team member Marlee Tichenor attended the United Nations’ 51st Statistical Commission in New York, which is hosted by the UN Statistics Division. The meeting was one of the last UN large conventions held before the COVID-19 emergency led to the cancellation of most such gatherings across the globe. In this blog post, she reflects on the role of the Commission on the current global governance landscape.

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February 14, 2020
Numbers as symbolic governance

The blog builds on research reported in the paper: Grek, S. (2020 under review) ‘Prophets, Saviours and Saints: Symbolic Governance and the Rise of a Transnational Metrological Field’, International Review of Education.

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April 9, 2019
New paper presentation at the CIES conference, San Francisco, 14-18 April 2019

Sotiria Grek will be travelling to San Francisco next week to present her paper on ‘Education as a Global Metrological Field: Examining the Interdependencies of International Organisations in the Production of Education and Development Data’.

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quantification
February 27, 2019
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    Quantifying the World – the METRO conference (22-23 of September 2021) Monday, 28, Jun
  • UN Statistical Commision
    The Rise of the Statisticians: The Growing Influence of the United Nations Statistical Commission on the Current Development Agenda Monday, 30, Mar
  • case-studies
    Numbers as symbolic governance Friday, 14, Feb
  • SF small
    New paper presentation at the CIES conference, San Francisco, 14-18 April 2019 Tuesday, 9, Apr
  • quantification
    METRO events Wednesday, 27, Feb

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